Quotevicanuck
It must be difficult for them to compete when Brew Pub fires up the Heineken floating stage with the boardwalk dance party. All the lasers, smoke and special effects really get the kids going. The sound system Brew Pub has almost overwhelms JE's and is a big draw for the younger crowd. Unfortunately, the Brew Pub action seems to scare off the older JE types. Last time I witnessed th

Us vs Them is everywhere in various forms. Old as the hills.
People move for many reasons, not all of them good. Nothing new.
Message boards are full of all sorts, and all sorts of "messages".
Why are people so surprised to discover that the Virgin Islands are in the Caribbean (with all that means) instead of being a quaint oceanside town in the States?

Quoteislandpuma
Why on earth would you not go to the hospital if you believed she was having a heart attack??? Wow.
My thoughts exactly.
Even if the doc had answered they would have said get to the hospital any way you can.
Do not blow off symptoms of heart attack even if they subside. Period.

QuoteLinda J
I'm old and certainly know nothing about web design, but I bet this old saying still holds true -- you get what you pay for.
Not really.
Businesses overpay for websites all the time.
Advice: Have someone build you a business class site using Wordpress. With WP, you can then EASILY go in and make updates and post new photos yourself, without having to know html, and without

There's a difference between bad management, and fraud, and lack of foresight and money. They are just like all of us who have lacked the same foresight and cash, -who still drive gas hogs and haven't yet put up solar panels, and hope someone else will solve the crisis (read: pay the bill).
Customer service aside, Wapa has been handcuffed by a bad grid, old technology, and a broke govt. in a

With all due respect, no way in hell is the current true cost of diesel generation just 25 cents per kwh. Maybe when diesel was $2.50 a gallon and you don't factor in the investment and maintenance. The hotels need reliability, I get that. They can't afford vacationers without a/c.
94% of Alaskan villages run on diesel generators. The state subsidizes the cost of diesel delivery and pays the

PR had 6 million people to share the cost.
USVI pop isn't even a big suburb in the PR.
Question: Why doesn't the USVI grid qualify for Fed Tax subsidies under the rural electrification program??
The USVI telephone and cell infrastructure is subsidized by phone taxes.

No offense taken. Pete never charged me for checking and would tell me what to ignore. Sometimes the light is designed. To get you to visit the dealer for their preventive maintenance pitch. I had a Yukon once that did that.

I used Mailboxes/More on STX for 2 years. They still owe me $$ from when I had prepaid the year and then didn't need their service any more. They agreed to pro-rate and give me some money back. I stopped in several times and was either told "we don't have the cash right now" or owner was not in his office. I also had two cell phones delivered to that address by FedEx which disappeared.

My wife has a friend who is Crucian and grew up on St Croix. She, her husband, and three younger children recently moved to Orlando in part due to her desire for her kids to have a better education and grow up in a safer environment. They could not afford private tuition on the island. They also wanted their kids to have more positive influences toward college, and better employment prospects. T

Constantly posting about it in a Relocation forum doesn't make anyone safer either. Don't understand why Islander doesn't move this and similar to the the coconut vine forum.
Last night's Christmas boat parade and fireworks was a great community event. Packed boardwalk, lots of families, more street vendors than ever, and everybody having a great time.
John Eddies is a great addition to t

I too appreciate the polite give and take.
In answer to some of your thoughts:
1. The # of tourists at the west SRB building is vastly overstated. It's closed most of the time and few if any people visit it.
2. You state that putting the facility will 'deeply compromise" the land. Have you been on the east side of SRB? It's an eyesore. It's been dug into, built onto, bulldoze

What's sad are the families I know who loved it, didn't want to go, but HAD to leave, my family being one of them. We left a lot of friends and love behind.
Some of the negativity is surely just grief. And anger.

February.
Be on island next week too. Woot!
Have kayaked it many many times and hiked both sides of the bay.
Unlike Bio Bay which has a very narrow and very shallow inlet, and no substantial watershed feeding it like Triton and Sugar bays,, the larger SRB is quite unlikely to silt in by hurricane. The enviro damage report to SRB by Hugo is online at the links I previously posted.
The

Based on the man-made origin of Bio Bay and observation of the entrance's quite shallow depth, I would say Bio Bay is one good hurricane from being silted back in by a storm surge and returned to its original condition, ...that of a marsh pond.
I'm also not aware of any science that says the installation of a pier in the bay would kill dinoflagellates (basically, a common type of ocean alga

Obviously there are opportunities for public education. But the other poster was suggesting putting the facility in Csted as a tourist attraction -- over and against locating it on NPS land in SRB (and Castle Nugent on the southside), where it can ALSO be open to the public. Locating the facility on already owned land that's halfway between both the northside and westside REEFs is not inconse

Aham, your list is well-intentioned, but it doesn't fit this project.
1. The facility is not intended as a tourist attraction. It's a research facility and educational facility for the students.
2. While boats from Csted can make it to the SRB in about 30-40 minutes, it would be an extremely long haul for boats to make it farther up towards Hams Bluff and around to the west side. Locating

@stxfoodie...
There's a big difference between someone "going off the grid" and someone who is "net metering".
People who install solar and wind and who also net meter are FEEDING the grid free power, and they also pay a fee to stay connected to it, and get power when the sun isn't shining and wind ain't blowing.
Those who "go off the grid" have their own fue

QuoteOldTart
Quotevicanuck
You can just keep pounding your head into the wall about this...or send your stuff to VI Cargo.
Wal-mart and USPS are not gonna change for you.
Islander...time to close this one off.
Why on earth would you suggest closing the thread when it's an ongoing issue in which many posters/residents are interested? If for some reason you find it irritating then simply

I posted the same thing in one of the tax refund threads.
One year they DID notifiy me of something they wanted to ask about.
The next year they had a question and did NOT send a notification. I had to go in and find out.
Fortunately, they're pretty nice to deal with in person.

Drop safes would help too.
They're not-that-expensive and the criminals would get the word.
On bingo night at a STX restaurant, I once saw the owner walking around with a large WAD of cash, and when she walked by me I told her to put it away.

I agree with you Jah.
There's also a culture of too many of the good people that tolerate bad behavior and look the other way. Those same people dont rise up to demand good schools and fixed roads. And that's not about capitalism at all. So what is it about?

Native Crucians are not indigenous peoples. While their culture should be celebrated like any other unique culture in America, they should also be treated like all Americans, -equally. You do not correct old injustices by creating new ones.
I've read and heard quite a bit of what Bert and his supporters want They believe the island is "theirs" by virtue of birth and culture. . Whi

My bad. I'm not on STX anymore.
When I was, it was reported in the local paper that it was coming (two years ago) and it was discussed on this board. Friends on the northshore were very excited about it. Microcell requires GPS coordinates to be entered into their database, and is related to the newer E-911 service which I believe the island just upgraded to, so perhaps?
On ATT's microcell su

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